"After President Obama calls Kamala Harris the 'best looking attorney general', when can you compliment a woman's looks?" read the headline on a piece by Washington Post blogger Alexandra Petri. The article quickly drew several dozen reader comments.

Harris considers Obama a friend, and they have campaigned for each other in previous elections.

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Some pundits have described Harris as a "female Obama" because of her stage presence and because she, like the president, is of mixed race.

She recently appeared on several Washington, D.C., talk shows commenting on the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriages. Harris opposes the proposition.

Rockies relief pitcher John Axford, who hasn't pitched for the team since last Wednesday, was forced to leave spring training camp after his 2-year-old son was bit by a rattlesnake twice in his right foot.

One-day event to run slide down University HillIt's not quite the alternative mode of transportation that Boulder's used to, but, for one day this summer, residents will be able to traverse several city blocks atop inflatable tubes.

DETROIT (AP) — In a story March 27 about a 'Little Syria' exhibit going to Ellis Island, The Associated Press, due to incorrect information from the Arab American National Museum, erroneously reported the date the exhibit will open. Full Story